PerlA compilation of O'Reilly Media's information about the Perl programming language from news, books, conferences, courses, community, and reports.Copyright O'Reilly Media, Inc.http://oreilly.com/perl/2012-09-10T16:35:48-08:00O'Reilly Media, Inc.noO'Reilly Media, Inc.webmaster@oreillynet.comOST Author has a Close Encounter on Mars with the Rover Curiosityhttp://blog.oreillyschool.com/2012/09/ost-author-has-a-close-encounter-on-mars-with-the-rover-curiosity.html
I&#8217;m proud to have been associated with the August 2012 landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. Since 1983 I&#8217;ve been working for and then contracting to NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and I work with IT infrastructure on providing &#8230; <a class="read-more-link" href="http://blog.oreillyschool.com/2012/09/ost-author-has-a-close-encounter-on-mars-with-the-rover-curiosity.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/kggCP6GZHOk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Peter Scott2012-09-10T16:35:48-08:10http://blog.oreillyschool.com/2012/09/ost-author-has-a-close-encounter-on-mars-with-the-rover-curiosity.htmlSeeking prior art where it most often is found in softwarehttp://radar.oreilly.com/2012/08/seeking-prior-art-where-it-most-often-is-found-in-software.html
Patent ambushes are on the rise again, and cases such as Apple/Samsung shows that prior art really has to swing the decision&#8211;obviousness or novelty is not a strong enough defense. Obviousness and novelty are subjective decisions made by a patent &#8230;
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/eSbBS3GcbSA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Andy Oram2012-08-28T08:31:13-08:11http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/08/seeking-prior-art-where-it-most-often-is-found-in-software.htmlRegular Expressions Cookbookhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449319434/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449319434/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449319434/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/OPSAAJ84_5E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>O'Reilly Media, Inc.2012-08-27T12:25:01-08:12PRINT or PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449319434/Damian Conway weighs in on new features, best practices and Perls futurehttp://radar.oreilly.com/2012/08/damian-conway-perl.html
Damian Conway is a prominent member of the Perl community, author and presenter. Key points from the full video of our recent interview include: Perl 6 might not be here yet but it is seeping into Perl 5. [Discussed at &#8230;
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/DFfNq18n-fk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Rachel Roumeliotis2012-08-08T00:29:11-08:13http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/08/damian-conway-perl.htmlIntermediate Perlhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449393090/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449393090/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449393090/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>Get a clear roadmap for improving your skills with <i>Intermediate Perl</i>, and gain working knowledge of Perl's objects, references, and modules&#8212;ingredients that make the language so versatile and effective. Written by the authors of the bestselling Llama book, <i>Learning Perl</i>, and updated for Perl 5.14, this book offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/W_wgyzaqVuU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>brian d foy, Tom Phoenix, Randal L. Schwartz2012-08-06T16:25:48-08:14PRINT or PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449393090/Developer Week in Review: Oracle's big bet fails to pay offhttp://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/oracle-google-android-perl-licensing.html
Oracle fails to convince a jury that Google owes them big bucks, the annual refresh of Perl has arrived, and FreeBSD says goodbye to an increasingly restrictive GCC license.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/T4AMDtjCBX4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>James Turner2012-05-25T07:32:49-08:15http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/oracle-google-android-perl-licensing.htmlFour short links: 22 May 2012http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/four-short-links-22-may-2012.html
New Zealand Government Budget App -- when the NZ budget is announced, it'll go live on iOS and Android apps. Tablet users get details, mobile users get talking points and speeches. Half-political, but an interesting approach to reaching out to voters with political actions. Health Care Data Dump (Washington Post) -- 5B health insurance claims (attempted anonymized) to be...
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/iRu-PJnBkPY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Nat Torkington2012-05-22T04:32:49-08:16http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/four-short-links-22-may-2012.htmlProgramming Perlhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9780596004927/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, <i>Programming Perl</i> is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. In this much-anticipated update to "the Camel," three renowned Perl authors cover the language up to its current version, Perl 5.14, with a preview of features in the upcoming 5.16.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/b2lPoZbQfls" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Larry Wall2012-02-28T12:25:18-08:17PRINT or PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927/Learning Perl Student Workbookhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449328061/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449328061/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449328061/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>This is an ebook-only question and answer workbook to accompany the 6th Edition of Learning Perl ("the Llama"). If you're just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want&#8212;whether you're a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. This 6th edition of Learning Perl covers recent changes to the language up to version 5.14. Exercises are presented in the first half of the workbook, with the answers in the second.<br /><br /> Topics include:<br /><br /> Scalar Data Lists and Arrays Subroutines Input and Output Hashes In the World of Regular Expressions Matching with Regular Expressions Processing Text with Regular Expressions 10. More Control Structures Perl Modules File Tests Directory Operations Strings and Sorting Smart Matching Process Management Some Advanced Perl Techniques Databases</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/qXLK0VBzLC8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>O'Reilly Media, Inc.2012-01-30T01:24:52-08:18PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449328061/Top Stories: November 28-December 2, 2011http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/12/top-stories-november-28-decemb.html
This week on O'Reilly: Author Clay Johnson explained why information consumption, not overload, is what needs to be managed. Also, Alistair Croll looked at the relationship between business intelligence and big data, and Todd Sattersten made a case for the paperless book.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/5qNfzPnntmM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mac Slocum2011-12-02T10:30:50-08:19http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/12/top-stories-november-28-decemb.htmlLinks on the sidehttp://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/links-on-the-side.html
Digital documents that help readers focus are the ones that we're most likely to remember. Those that send us scampering around the web will be more easily forgotten.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/ZXkNFs8YPbY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Peter Meyers2011-11-08T13:58:52-08:20http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/links-on-the-side.htmlLinks on the sidehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/zxknfs8ypby/links-on-the-side.html
Digital documents that help readers focus are the ones that we're most likely to remember. Those that send us scampering around the web will be more easily forgotten.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/g1Tdqcij9sA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Peter Meyers2011-11-08T11:40:53-08:21http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/ZXkNFs8YPbY/links-on-the-side.htmlFour short links: 26 October 2011http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/pc0qfvlgbog/four-short-links-26-october-20-2.html
CPAN Turns 0x10 -- sixteenth anniversary of the creation of the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. Now holds 480k objects. Subtext -- social bookreading by adding chat, links, etc. to a book. I haven't tried the implementation yet but I've wanted this for years. (Just haven't wanted to jump into the cesspool of rights negotiations enough to actually build it...
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/rEVGp0ulzQs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Nat Torkington2011-10-26T05:02:36-08:22http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/PC0QfvlgBog/four-short-links-26-october-20-2.htmlTop Stories: October 10-14, 2011http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/tqcy7cymnjo/indoor-navigation-moneyball-ebook-links.html
This week on O'Reilly: Nick Farina explained why smartphones have yet to crack the indoor navigation problem, we explored the relationship between "Moneyball" and software engineering, and Pete Meyers looked at the pros and cons of links in ebooks.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/2QJkXVkfDbQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mac Slocum2011-10-14T13:32:35-08:23http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/tqcY7CyMnJo/indoor-navigation-moneyball-ebook-links.htmlLinking in ebooks: How much is too much?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/30mi2wdazhk/ebook-linking-considerations.html
Ebook producers must decide if the destinations behind embedded links are worth the disruptions they might cause.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/PCAiOVkvd-0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Peter Meyers2011-10-11T10:30:46-08:24http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/30mi2WDAZHk/ebook-linking-considerations.htmlPerl Pocket Referencehttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303709/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303709/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449303709/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>If you have a Perl programming question, you'll find the answer quickly in this handy, easy-to-use quick reference. The <i>Perl Pocket Reference</i> condenses and organizes stacks of documentation down to the most essential facts, so you can find what you need in a heartbeat. Updated for Perl 5.14, the 5th edition provides a summary of Perl syntax rules and a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and other features.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/ZS3Xg6QMvkQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Johan Vromans2011-07-26T01:24:22-08:25PRINT or PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303709/ePayments Week: AliPay gets physicalhttp://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/epayments-china-barcode-acoustic-mcommerce.html
China's top online payment service launches a barcode payment system. Also, an app looks for acoustic fingerprints and mCommerce is predicted to hit $670 billion by 2015.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/HvBJUiB_Bmc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>David Sims2011-07-07T11:29:22-08:26http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/epayments-china-barcode-acoustic-mcommerce.htmlLearning Perlhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303587/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303587/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449303587/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>Popularly known as "the Llama," Learning Perl is the book most programmers rely on to get started with this versatile language. The bestselling Perl tutorial since it was first published in 1993, this sixth edition includes recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.14 as well as a major overhaul for Unicode. Reflecting years of classroom testing and experience, this edition is packed with exercises that let you practice the concepts while you follow the text.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/9r7_fYQT6N8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>brian d foy, Tom Phoenix, Randal L. Schwartz2011-06-24T13:55:18-08:27PRINT or PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303587/Developer Week in Review: Are .NET programmers going extinct?http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/06/devwir-net-java-html5.html
For Microsoft programmers, the week brought fear, uncertainty and doubt regarding their future as an elite class of developers. For a lucky teen, it brought a big paycheck. And for fans of Java, it brought a new version of the popular language one step closer to release.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/nnhFDHyVIUY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>James Turner2011-06-15T10:30:59-08:28http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/06/devwir-net-java-html5.htmlDeveloper Week in Review: Buying a lawsuit with an in-app purchasehttp://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/devwir-in-app-mono-perl.html
This week Apple's iOS developer community got a patent wake up call, the recently discarded Mono project found a new home, and a favorite scripting language got a new version.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/-CItCGVuVu0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>James Turner2011-05-18T14:29:24-08:29http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/devwir-in-app-mono-perl.htmlFour short links: 9 May 2011http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/four-short-links-9-may-2011.html
UDID DeAnonymization -- a developer exposed an API that connected UDID to other information such as Facebook ID. The API has been closed, but it remains true that your iPhone has a primary key and darn near every app developer has a database linking your UDID to other details about you. Apple requires this to not be public, but...
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/X7CJonDnSVI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Nat Torkington2011-05-09T05:01:51-08:30http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/four-short-links-9-may-2011.htmlFour short links: 19 April 2011http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/four-short-links-19-april-2011.html
Lines (Mark Jason Dominus) -- If you wanted to hear more about phylogeny, Java programming, or tree algorithms, you are about to be disappointed. The subject of my article today is those fat black lines. Anatomy of a clever piece of everyday programming. There is no part of this program of which I am proud. Rather, I am proud...
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/Aefk_iQilcw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Nat Torkington2011-04-19T15:29:53-08:31http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/four-short-links-19-april-2011.htmlePayments Week: Facebook's focus on mobilehttp://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/epayments-week-facebooks-focus.html
In the latest edition of ePayments Week: Facebook wants to be with you always -- which sounds cozy, so long as you trust them to do the right thing with that information.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/eFtnnoHNS3M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>David Sims2011-01-27T08:27:06-08:32http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/epayments-week-facebooks-focus.htmlFour short links: 14 January 2011http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/four-short-links-14-january-20-1.html
What Went Wrong at Borders (The Atlantic) -- a short summary of the decline and fall of Borders. Borders has a special place in our hearts at O'Reilly: it was a buyer for Borders who pointed out that Programming Perl was one of their top-selling books in any category, which got Tim focused on the Open Source story. Virtues...
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/FCgti_ycocc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Nat Torkington2011-01-14T03:28:45-08:33http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/four-short-links-14-january-20-1.htmlDeveloper Year in Review: Programming Languageshttp://radar.oreilly.com/2010/12/developer-2010-languages.html
This year brought confusion and chaos in the Java space, continued growth for functional languages due to the attack of multicore, and the usual popularity for all of the dynamic languages we know and love.
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/SawgGFtgHtI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>James Turner2010-12-22T07:24:01-08:34http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/12/developer-2010-languages.htmlOpen Question: Does a link = endorsement?http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/12/open-question-does-a-link-endo.html
A defamation lawsuit hinging on the intent behind hyperlinks leads to a host of questions: Do you assume that a link is an endorsement? Does that assumption apply to your own linking behavior?
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/N3vPBaeQmy4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mac Slocum2010-12-13T06:27:37-08:35http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/12/open-question-does-a-link-endo.htmlGames, Diversions & Perl Culturehttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301712/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301712/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449301712/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p><i>Games, Diversions, and Perl Culture</i> is the third volume of <i>The Best of the Perl Journal</i>, compiled and re-edited by the original editor and publisher of <i>The Perl Journal</i>, Jon Orwant. The 47 articles included in this volume are simply some of the best Perl articles ever written on the subjects of games, diversions, and the unique culture of this close-knit community, by some of the best Perl authors and coders.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/VLIQxsVmV8g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>O'Reilly Media, Inc.2010-10-06T22:20:50-08:36PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301712/Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk Programminghttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301705/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301705/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9781449301705/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div><p><i>Web, Graphics &amp; Perl/Tk</i> is the second volume of <i>The Best of the Perl Journal</i>, compiled and re-edited by the original editor and publisher of <i>The Perl Journal</i>, Jon Orwant. In this series, we've taken the very best (and still relevant) articles published in TPJ over its five years of publication and immortalized them into three volumes. </p><p> Written by twenty-three of the most prominent and prolific members of the closely-knit Perl community, including Lincoln Stein, Mark-Jason Dominus, Alligator Descartes, and Dan Brian, the forty articles included in this volume are simply some of the best Perl articles ever written on the subjects of graphics, the Web, and Perl/Tk. </p></div>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/-VDNTLbYL_8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>O'Reilly Media, Inc.2010-10-06T22:20:50-08:37PDFhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449301705/Randal Schwartz on Learning Perlhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920014492/
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920014492/"><img src="http://covers.oreilly.com/images/0636920014492/bkt.gif" style="float: left; width: 85px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><p>In this video, Perl expert and co-author of the bestselling <i>Learning Perl</i>, Randal Schwartz, presents a sophisticated introduction to the language. This tutorial is designed to meet the pace and scope sought by today's programmers. You'll encounter detailed descriptions, thorough examples, and eclectic wit.<br /><br /> Perl is the language for people who want to get work done. And this video covers all the important aspects of the Perl language through version 5.10. It will turn you into a Perl programmer.</p>
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/DW9q-yjVNII" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>O'Reilly Media, Inc.2010-09-14T21:21:27-08:38PRINThttp://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920014492/New OST Course! "Perl 2: Intermediate Perl" by Peter Scotthttp://blog.oreillyschool.com/2010/09/new-ost-course-perl-2-intermediate-perl-by-peter-scott.html
The O'Reilly School of Technology is excited to announce the release of Perl 2: Intermediate Perl. This is the second course in the upcoming Perl Programming Certificate Series, and right now you can enroll at 50% off normal tuition.
Check out the below video of me introducing our Perl author, Peter Scott:
<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/perl/~4/Kh7xL7gG99E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Trish Gray2010-09-07T07:35:11-08:39http://blog.oreillyschool.com/2010/09/new-ost-course-perl-2-intermediate-perl-by-peter-scott.html